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All spoken dialects lack a distinction between /h/ and /x/. | All spoken dialects lack a distinction between /h/ and /x/. | ||
====Outer==== | ====Outer==== | ||
All outer dialects share | All outer dialects share the following major features. | ||
*front round vowels became a back vowel, rather than the reflex in the Inner dialects, thus words like {{lang|snon|{{term|saist}}}} become {{lang|snon|{{term|siuest}}}} in Outer. | *front round vowels became a back vowel, rather than the reflex in the Inner dialects, thus words like {{lang|snon|{{term|saist}}}} become {{lang|snon|{{term|siuest}}}} in Outer. | ||
* | *short i-e merger, always to /ɛ/. | ||
*loss of dental fricatives through merging variably with | *loss of dental fricatives through merging variably with ⟨t, d⟩ or ⟨(c)h, gh⟩. (Always with ⟨(c)h, gh⟩ when slender) | ||
*denasalization of nasal vowels, giving varying values throughout the dialects. | *denasalization of nasal vowels, giving varying values throughout the dialects. | ||
*merger of /r/ and /ɾ/. | *merger of /r/ and /ɾ/. | ||
*Lack of the short a-e merger, keeping ⟨a⟩ as /ɑ/ (thus ⟨a⟩ is also broad, not slender) | |||
=====Fadhaègh===== | =====Fadhaègh===== | ||
Spoken on {{lang|snon|{{term|Fadhaègh}}}}, or [[w:Lewis and Harris|Lewis and Harris]] | Spoken on {{lang|snon|{{term|Fadhaègh}}}}, or [[w:Lewis and Harris|Lewis and Harris]] | ||